It became known, that a large floating dock was put into construction at the Shanghai Jiannan shipyard. This is the first floating dock in the history of this shipyard.. celebrated, that the length of the floating dock according to the plan is 250 m and a width 60 and draft in 4,8 m.
Representatives of the state-owned Chinese company China State Shipbuilding celebrate, that the start of work on the construction of a large floating dock marks the “overcoming of many production problems, related to the pandemic.
Floating dock, which is being built at the Shanghai shipyard, be capable of transporting goods (including ships and warships) weighing up to 32 thousand tons. According to others, the future floating dock will be able to provide work with objects with a displacement of about 45 thousand tons.
At the same time, the Chinese company did not answer questions from journalists regarding whether, who exactly in the end can get the built floating dock. Given this ambiguity, as well as differing (by weight/displacement) data on provision of floating dock for cargo/vessel operations, in China itself, speculation began to be expressed about the, that the structure under construction could eventually be shipped to a foreign buyer.
In this context, the question arises, to whom exactly China State Shipbuilding could export its floating dock after completion, if we can really talk about its export potential?
Given the fact, that in our country there are known problems after the incident with the flooding of the floating dock PD-50, it is quite possible to talk about the possibility of buying a Shanghai-made floating dock. While all this is at the level of assumptions and versions. But considering that, what about the operation to lift the PD-50 with its further use in our country – silence, version, as the saying goes, has the right to life.
Recall, that on the PD-50 during the incident, repairs were carried out on the aircraft-carrying cruiser of the Russian Navy "Admiral Kuznetsov".
true, even assuming, that the Chinese floating dock under construction would be ordered for the maintenance of the aircraft carrier of the Admiral Kuznetsov format, then it must be stated: for such ships, the indicated dimensions of the floating dock from China State Shipbuilding are too small. The length and width of the aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov" exceed the corresponding parameters of the floating structure under construction in China. Maximum length – about 306 m with the length of the Chinese PD in 250 m. And the sunken PD-50, operated on 82 shipyard, he yields: 250 m against 330. Capacity 32 thousand. tons against 80 thousand.
But not only aircraft carriers ...
